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Single-Phase Products And Solutions
Eaton's power management solutions are based on protecting
the nine most common power problems present in any
environment. This unique approach makes your product selection
decisions about power protection much simpler. The nine power
problems listed below are potentially harmful to both your data
and your hardware.
Eaton products offer three levels of power protection: Level
3, Level 5 and Level 9, plus the rugged FERRUPS® product
line that provides protection from eight potential problems
in harsh environments.Based on the parameters defined by
your application, you can select a UPS from the level that best
matches your power protection needs.
The Level 3 UPS primarily protects against three of the nine
power problems including power failures, power sags and power
surges. This essential, cost-effective protection is necessary
in order to prevent damage such as data loss, file corruption,
flickering lights, hardware damage and equipment shutoff. For
example, if the utility fails you could lose all of your work-in-
progress. The Level 3 UPS offers a degree of protection against
the remaining power problems and is most commonly used to
protect single workstations and point-of-sale (POS) equipment.
Power
Surge
Power
Sag
Power
Failure
Basic solution: Protection from three potential problems
Level 5 UPS are most effective against five power problems
(power failures, power sags,power surges, under-voltage and
over-voltage) and offer a degree of protection against other power
problems. Some of the damages you risk by not using a Level 5
UPS include premature hardware failure, data loss and corruption,
data error, keyboard lockup, storage loss and system lockup. Level
5 UPS are recommended for small network systems - all the way
up to enterprise networking environments.
Power
Surge
Power
Sag
Power
Failure
Over-
voltage
Under-
voltage
Intermediate solution: Protection from five potential problems
Level 9 UPS protects against all nine power problems: power
failures, power sags, power surges, under-voltage, electrical line
noise, over-voltage, frequency variation, switching transients and
harmonic distortion. Level 9 comprehensive protection minimises
the opportunity for component stress, burnt circuit boards, data
crashes and program failures.Level 9 UPSs offer the highest level
of power protection available and are always recommended for
mission-critical applications like server farms, hospitals and Voice
Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) applications.
Power
Surge
Power
Sag
Power
Failure
Over-
voltage
Under-
voltage
Line
Noise
Frequency
Variation
Switching
Transient
Harmonic
Distortion
Complete solution: Protection from all nine potential problems